spec/Overview.html 1.1079 1890 add issue markers for sending structured

add issue markers for sending structured data over postMessage (whatwg
r1890) (changed by: Ian Hickson)

Diffs for this change per section: 
  close()
  http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1079.html#close2
  7.3.4.2. Server-side requirements
  http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1079.html#server-side
  send data using the Web Socket
  http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1079.html#send-
  postMessage()
  http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1079.html#postmessage1
  postMessage(message, messagePort, targetOrigin)
  http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1079.html#postmessage0
  7.5 Channel messaging
  http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1079.html#channel
  7.4.5 Posting structured data
  http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1079.html#posting1

Current content per affected section: 
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#close2
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#server-side
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#send-
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#postmessage1
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#postmessage0
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#channel
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#posting1

Previously published WD content per affected section: 
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/single-page/#close2
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/single-page/#server-side
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/single-page/#send-
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/single-page/#postmessage1
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/single-page/#postmessage0
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/single-page/#channel
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/single-page/#posting1

Cumulative diff: http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.diff.html

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.1078&r2=1.1079&f=h

http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=1889&to=1890

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.1078
retrieving revision 1.1079
diff -u -d -r1.1078 -r1.1079
--- Overview.html 18 Jul 2008 09:47:31 -0000 1.1078
+++ Overview.html 18 Jul 2008 10:24:39 -0000 1.1079
@@ -1701,6 +1701,9 @@
 
        <li><a href="#posting0"><span class=secno>7.4.4 </span>Posting message
         ports</a>
+
+       <li><a href="#posting1"><span class=secno>7.4.5 </span>Posting
+        structured data</a>
       </ul>
 
      <li><a href="#channel"><span class=secno>7.5 </span>Channel
@@ -42102,6 +42105,11 @@
     <p>Send a 0xff byte to the server.
   </ol>
 
+  <p class=big-issue>People often request the ability to send binary blobs
+   over this API; also, once the other postMessage() methods support it, we
+   should look into allowing name/value pairs, arrays, and numbers using
+   postMessage() instead of just strings and binary data.
+
   <h5 id=server-side><span class=secno>7.3.4.2. </span>Server-side
    requirements</h5>
 
@@ -42538,6 +42546,11 @@
   sections be kept separate so that implementors can avoid getting
   confused with the 'port' step. -->
 
+  <h4 id=posting1><span class=secno>7.4.5 </span>Posting structured data</h4>
+
+  <p class=big-issue>People often request the ability to send name/value
+   pairs, arrays, and numbers using postMessage() instead of just strings.
+
   <h3 id=channel><span class=secno>7.5 </span><dfn id=channel0>Channel
    messaging</dfn></h3>
 
@@ -42831,6 +42844,9 @@
    <!-- XXX queue -->
   </ol>
 
+  <p class=big-issue>People often request the ability to send name/value
+   pairs, arrays, and numbers using postMessage() instead of just strings.
+
   <hr>
 
   <p>The <dfn id=close2

Received on Friday, 18 July 2008 10:28:15 UTC